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Running a WordPress site properly: plugins, security, backups, updates, hosting moves, email delivery and the jargon your developer uses.
Running a WordPress site properly: plugins, security, backups, updates, hosting moves, email delivery and the jargon your developer uses.
Yoast SEO works out of the box, but the defaults aren't tuned for a local business. These are the settings we change, in the order we change them, from the first-time configuration to the Yoast box on each page.
Read the guide 7 min readWordPressA staging site lets you test changes without breaking the real thing. The tricky part is getting those changes back to live without losing orders and enquiries.
Read the guide 5 min readWordPressIf your contact form has gone quiet, the problem may not be your marketing. WordPress email often fails by default, and sending through a proper mail service with SPF, DKIM and DMARC set up fixes delivery for good.
Read the guide 6 min readWordPressUpdates are the single best thing you can do for a WordPress site, and the most common way people break one. Our client-site routine starts with a fresh backup and takes 15 to 30 minutes.
Read the guide 5 min readWordPressMost small business sites have too many Administrators. Most staff and contractors only need Editor or Author access, and a six-step checklist covers what to remove when someone leaves.
Read the guide 5 min readWordPressYour site is redirecting to a casino, or Google says it's dangerous. A minute-by-minute plan for the first hour: confirm it, call the right people, change every password, restore carefully, then find the hole.
Read the guide 6 min readWordPressMost people discover their backup doesn't work on the day they need it. A working setup means offsite copies, two weeks of history, files plus database, and a test restore that takes under an hour.
Read the guide 5 min readWordPressNot a top-20 list. These are the six or seven jobs every business WordPress site needs a plugin for, and what we look for in each one.
Read the guide 6 min readWordPressMost WordPress hacks come through the same few doors. Updates, strong logins, offsite backups and decent hosting close most of them, and you can work through the list in order without becoming a security expert.
Read the guide 6 min readWordPressPlugin count is the wrong thing to worry about. Quality, overlap and upkeep are what break sites, and our ten-question checklist catches a bad plugin before it's installed.
Read the guide 5 min readWordPressSame name, different products. WordPress.com is a hosted subscription and WordPress.org is software you own, and four quick checks tell you which one your business is on.
Read the guide 5 min readWordPressWordPress gives you ownership and room to grow, but it comes with upkeep. Six questions show whether it suits your business, and five situations where a builder like Squarespace or Shopify is the better call.
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